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Is the United States Gearing Up to Go Into Pakistan?

Ali A. Rizvi | Posted 11.07.2009 | World

Read More: Afghanistan, James Jones, Pakistan, Pakistan Drone Attacks, Afpak, Hillary Clinton, Joe Biden, Barack Obama, Al Qaeda, World News
Ali A. Rizvi

While it may be too early to tell whether Obama will follow through on his 2007 campaign pledge, it does seem like his administration is setting the stage.

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A Muslim Soldier's View from Fort Hood

Kamran Pasha | Posted 11.06.2009 | World

Read More: Quran, Afganistan, Islam, Fort Hood, Military, Iraq, Terrorism, Major-Nidal-Malik-Hasan, Suicide Bombers, American Muslims, Al Qaeda, Fort Hood Shootings, Fort Hood News, Major Hasan, Death American Muslim Soldiers in Iraq, Muslim Soldiers, Fort Hood Muslim, Major Malik Hasan, What Happened in Fort Hood, What Happened at Fort Hood?, Fort, Muslim Soldier Goes Crazy at Fort Hood, Fort Hood Solider, World News
Kamran Pasha

I spoke today with a friend who is a Muslim soldier stationed at Fort Hood. He and Hasan prayed side-by-side at the mosque the morning of the massacre. He agreed to share his story with me if I granted him anonymity.

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The Taliban's Ties to Al-Qaeda

Will Marshall | Posted 11.06.2009 | World

Read More: Islam, Al-Qaeda, Al Qaida, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Al-Qaida, Taliban, Islamists, Al Qaeda, World News
Will Marshall

How severe a threat does the Taliban pose to America? Blithely assuming that they would never again play host to America's sworn enemies is not a risk progressives should be prepared to take.

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Was Hillary's Image-Boosting Exercise in Pakistan a Success?

Saad Khan | Posted 11.06.2009 | World

Read More: Hillary Pakistan, Kerry-Lugar Bill, Peshawar Bombing, Pakistan Corruption, Pakistan Army, Taliban, Pakistan Aid, South Waziristan, Al Qaeda, Pakistan, World News
Saad Khan

If the United States wants to win some hearts in Pakistan, its aid should go to organizations directly working for public health and education. It's time to engage with the common Pakistani.

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Jason Linkins

Al-Qaeda Publishes "Dense Little Bastard Of A Magazine"

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 11.05.2009 | Media

Read More: Print Media, Al Qaeda, Terrorism, Al Qaeda Magazine, Media News

Al Qaeda, apparently heedless of the recessionary downturn that's felled so many publications in the freedom-loving world, is currently publishing a pair of magazines. If print media doesn't die, it could kill you!

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"Pretend Secrecy" Shields the White House from a Drone Missile Debate

Sanjeev Bery | Posted 11.05.2009 | World

Read More: Esquire, US Drone Missiles, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Obama Administration, Hillary Clinton, Taliban, Drones, Al Qaeda, Freedom Forward, World News
Sanjeev Bery

It is time to set aside the notion that U.S. drone missile attacks in Pakistan are some kind of secret.

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Obama Faces Revolt From Generals Over Strategy In Afghanistan

Rolling Stone | Robert Dreyfuss | Posted 11.04.2009 | Politics

Read More: Pentagon, White House, Afghanistan, Obama War in Afghanistan, War in Afghanistan, Troop Levels, General David Petraeus, Obama, Joe Biden, Taliban, Sen. John McCain, Barack Obama, Al Qaeda, Obama's War, Biden, Insurgency, The-Institute-for-the-Study-of-War, Counterinsurgency Field Manual, Petraeus, General Stanley McChrystal, Counterinsurgency, Us Troops Afghanistan, Politics News

In early October, as President Obama huddled with top administration officials in the White House situation room to rethink America's failing strategy...

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Matthew Hoh: U.S. Has Lost Track of Why It Is in Afghanistan

Steve Clemons | Posted 11.04.2009 | World

Read More: Taliban, Matthew Hoh, Afghanistan, Al Jazeera, Al Qaeda, Foreign Policy, World News
Steve Clemons

The first U.S. government official to formally resign his post because of objections to America's course in Afghanistan makes a compelling case that America has lost its strategic sensibilities in this war.

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Islamist Terrorists Take Page From US Hate Groups' Internet PlayBook

Rabbi Abraham Cooper | Posted 11.03.2009 | World

Read More: Jihadists, Al-Qaeda, White Supremacists, Pakistan, Terrorism, Osama Bin Laden, Internet, Tom Metzger, Hate Groups, Youtube, Afpak, Myspace, War on Terrorism, World News
Rabbi Abraham Cooper

Islamist terrorist arrests across this country since last January run the gamut. White and black, young and middle-aged, single and married, homegrown and foreign born, and legal and illegal immigrants.

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My Exclusive Interview with Ken Guest -- Journalist/Analyst on Afghanistan (Part 2)

Kathleen Wells, J.D. | Posted 11.03.2009 | World

Read More: Hamid Karzai, Obama Afghanistan, Abdullah Abdullah, Tribes, Afghan President Karzai, Pushtun Tribes, Afghanistan, President Barack Obama, Pakistan, President Obama, Hamid Karzai US Criticism, Tribal, President Karzai, Obama, Afghanistan Tribal Areas, Karzai, Afghanistan War, Tribal Militias Afghanistan, Al-Qaeda, Afghan Taliban, Karzai Election, Ken Guest, Peter Galbraith, Taliban, World News
Kathleen Wells, J.D.

The path out of the Afghan quagmire lies in making the Afghan tribes the cutting blade of the strategy, not the US forces or the Afghan National Army.

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White House Giving Karzai Six Months To Shape Up

New York Times | David E. Sanger | Posted 11.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: Abdullah Abdullah, President Obama Afghanistan, Al Qaeda, War in Afghanistan, President Obama Hamid Karzai, Afghanistan Runoff Election, President Obama, Hamid Karzai Afghan Runoff, Afghanistan Runoff, Afghanistan Corruption, President Obama Afghan Runoff, Obama Afghan Strategy, President Obama Al Qaeda, Hamid Karzai, Politics News

With the White House's reluctant embrace on Sunday of Hamid Karzai as the winner of Afghanistan's suddenly moot presidential runoff, President Obama n...

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Hillary Clinton Has Intense Exchange With Students In Pakistan

news.aol.com | Posted 10.29.2009 | Politics

Read More: Hilary Clinton, Al Qaida, Richard Holbrooke, Pakistan, Hillary Clinton, Secretary of State, Al Qaeda, Politics News

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Thursday that Pakistan squandered opportunities over the years to kill or capture leaders of the a...

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Afghanistan, Again: The Thicket Obama's Not Getting Out Of

William Bradley | Posted 10.29.2009 | World

Read More: Hamid Karzai, Jihadists, Al Qaeda, Abdullah Abdullah, Afghanistan, 9/11, Joe Biden, Tony Blair, Barack Obama, Nato, Counter-Insurgency, Northern Alliance, Counter-Terrorist, Stanley McChrystal, Joint Chiefs of Staff, Taliban, Ahmad Shah Massoud, Nation-Building, Nobel Peace Prize, Osama Bin Laden, World News
William Bradley

We can't afford to build a nation in Afghanistan. We have one reasonable goal there, and everything else, no matter how seemingly noble it may or may not be, is a luxury.

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Congresswoman Barbara Lee Wants an Exit Strategy out of Afghanistan

Kathleen Wells, J.D. | Posted 10.30.2009 | Politics

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Kathleen Wells, J.D.

Congresswoman Barbara Lee gained international acclaim for being the only member in Congress who courageously voted against the authorization of the use of force following the September 11, 2001 attacks.

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Redefining the War in Afghanistan: The Case for a Change in Mission

Rahim Kanani | Posted 10.28.2009 | World

Read More: Taliban, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Al Qaeda, Afghanistan War, Barack Obama, War on Terror, World News
Rahim Kanani

With no end in sight, the U.S. must realize the limits of intervention, both in tanks and treasure, and integrate the implications of their actions over the last 8 years into their policy towards the region.

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US Contractor, John Christopher, Claims To Have Fought Off UN Hostel Attack With AK-47

AP | HAMZA HENDAWI | Posted 10.28.2009 | World

Read More: Afganistan, Al-Qaeda, Afghanistan, Afghanistan Surge, United Nations, Taliban, Al Qaeda, Afghanistan War, Afghan Election, World News

KABUL — Armed with an AK-47, an American contract worker said Wednesday he held off militants attacking a guest house in Kabul, allowing about t...

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Osama Bin Laden Revealed In New Video? See The Screengrabs And Vote (PHOTOS, POLL)

Posted 10.28.2009 | Home

Read More: Bin Laden Video, Slideshow, Danger Room, Bin Laden Pictures, As-Sahab, Osama Bin Laden, Al Qaeda, Home News

On Tuesday night, Al Qaeda's media unit released a video of a sermon by Abu Yahya al-Libi, the terrorist group's star proselytizer. As Wired's Danger...

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Afghanistan UN Security Lapse Is Inexcusable: Foreign Correspondent

True/Slant | Michael Hastings | Posted 10.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: Al Qaeda Attacks, Afghanistan Death Toll, Afghan War, United Nations Afghanistan, Afghanistan Government, Al Qaeda, Afghanistan, UN Security Afghanistan, United Nations, Al Qaeda Terrorism, United Nations Security Afghanistan, Afghanistan Security, Afghanistan Corruption, Al Qaeda Afghanistan, Afghanistan Civilian Deaths, Politics News

I try to avoid posts like this, weighing in with a strongly held opinion about something I have no first hand information of. The initial reports are ...

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The Bombings in Iraq: Mission Definitely Not Accomplished

Andy Ostroy | Posted 10.27.2009 | World

Read More: Iraq War, George W Bush, President Obama, Baghdad Bombings, Mission Accomplished, Afghanistan War, Al Qaeda, World News
Andy Ostroy

Sunday's bombings, and those in August at the Foreign and Finance Ministries, prove that there is no victory in Iraq any more than there were WMD and ties to al-Qaeda.

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Omar Bin Laden, Osama's Son: I Don't Know Where Dad Is

TIME | Andrew Lee Butters Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2009 | Posted 10.27.2009 | World

Read More: Al-Qaeda, Al Qaida, Afghanistan, Terrorism, Al-Qaida, Osama Bin Laden Message, Taliban, Omar Bin Laden, Al Qaeda, Osama Bin Laden, Omar Bin Laden Huffingtonpost, Bin Laden Son, World News

For Omar Bin Laden, the fourth eldest of Osama bin Laden's 20 known children, the awful realization that his own father was a terrorist mastermind plo...

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Who Are the Taliban?

Gilles Dorronsoro | Posted 10.28.2009 | World

Read More: Stanley McChrystal, Taliban, War on Terror, Afghanistan, Afghan Taliban, Terrorism, Al Qaeda, World News
Gilles Dorronsoro

Most do not join the Taliban for money, but because the Afghan government is unjust, corrupt, or simply not there; or the Americans have bombed their houses or shown disrespect for their values.

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My Exclusive Interview With Ken Guest -- Journalist and Analyst on Afghanistan (Part 1)

Kathleen Wells, J.D. | Posted 11.02.2009 | World

Read More: Al-Qaeda, Taliban, Soviet-Afghan War, Afghanistan, Us Troops Afghanistan, Ken Guest, Afghanistan War, World News
Kathleen Wells, J.D.

Ken Guest has acquired his credentials as an expert on Afghanistan, its people and their struggles the old fashioned way -- by earning them.

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